June 15th, 2020, Seattle (USA): The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation named Anita Zaidi, currently director, Vaccine Development & Surveillance (VD&S) and Enteric & Diarrheal Diseases (EDD), as the first president of Gender Equality on June 11th, 2020. In this new role, Anita will oversee a division comprised of the foundations Gender Equality program team and...
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Human Rights Specialist Liz Guantai Selected For The Women Deliver Young Leaders Program 2020
Women Deliver has announced its Young Leaders Program Class of 2020, consisting of 300 diverse set of young people from all over the world. These changemakers have been chosen for their groundbreaking efforts advancing gender equality not just within their communities and countries, but all across the globe. And, one amazing trailblazer is Anankes amazing...
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IN FOCUS WD2019: Nearly 40% of the worlds girls and women live in countries failing on gender equality, SDG Index finds
Read Report Here Vancouver, (Canada):Results for 129 countries measured by a new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Gender Index released today by Equal Measures 2030 show that the world is far from achieving gender equality, with 1.4 billion girls and women living in countries that get a very poor failing grade on gender equality. The...
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Going beyond the Gender Rule Debate
This article was previously published in Ananke's special Women's Day 2019 Edition. In 2018, the Kenyan parliament went into a debate on the Gender Bill. See, Kenyas parliament is currently unconstitutional. According to the 2010 constitution, elective or appointive bodies should be made up of not more than ? members of the same gender. When...
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Powering Gender Equality in the UAE
Dubai, UAE: The opening of the UN Women Liaison Office for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Abu Dhabi on the 17th of October is set to enhance the UAEs position on gender parity by helping to further promote womens empowerment and rights, according to Reach, the first non-profit organization dedicated to structured mentoring and leadership...
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Cultures of Care: Morality and Gender
This article is the first of three articles on Care Economy and its critical role in development. From time immemorial, care work has been considered a female prerogative. Stemming from a patriarchal mindset, care-giving responsibilities to the young and old alike are presumed to be mainly a womans job. All across the world, women spend...